Page I: Notes of the Day

Sunday, June 29, 2025 -- updated 8:15pm

8:00pm - 9:00pm
8:15pm
1. Weights, two dumbbells, can be made out of two shopping bags full of books or other heavy things. Then, WWW search "How to exercise with dumbbells." Strength training has many health benefits, according to experts.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
12:30pm
1. In WWI, the soldiers drank instant coffee, and instant coffee is easy to make at home.
2. If you make instant coffee at home, and then put it in the refrigerator, then you'll have iced coffee.
3. You can eat canned vegetables straight out of the can, without heating them up first.

11:00pm - 12:00am
11:30pm
1. You can have a party in your house, you don't have to go to a club to have a party. Play rap, pop, rock, soul, or whatever music you like, and get some drinks for the party. You don't have to have big party, it can be a party with just two or three people. Clubs and parties are popular forms of entertainment, and with anything, just be cautious.
2. Parties are like the club scene at Studio 54, the Copacabana, or in the club scenes in movies like Scarface (with Al Pacino) or Donnie Brasco (with Al Pacino).

8:00pm - 9:00pm
8:30pm
1. Old t-shirts are good absorbent fabric that can be used and reused to get up spills, or serve like paper towels to absorb rain when you leave your window open during a thunderstorm. After using them to get up the spill or rainwater, wash them and dry them so that you can reuse them again and again!
2. During summertime, it is good to open your window to get fresh air, or a cool breeze, and increase air circulation in your apartment.
3. Old t-shirts can also be used as sponges to clean things.
8:45pm
4. Old t-shirts can be used as reusable paper towels.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
5:40pm
1. There is no reason to fear death. When you die, or are dying, you're in pain for a few quick minutes and then you lose consciousness and slip away. This is a quick death. Therere is no reason to fear death, so face death bravely as the gateway to the land of the dead, where the the soul is set free for eternity.
2. In death, you can communicate with the living through your voice, appearance and experiences that you had when you were living. This regards the immortality of the soul, the immortality of man, when the soul is set free from the land of the living to the land of the dead for eternity.

11:00am - 12:00pm
11:15am
1. To potty train children, it is useful to know that potties are inexpensive and sold in many stores.
11:30am
2. Pour water into the potty before use, then empty it into the toilet bowl after it is used, and then rinse it out so that it can be used again.
3. A miniature toilet, or potty can be made out of common objects for people in developing nations where potties are not available.

9:00am - 10:00am
9:00am
1. If two females who trust each other do what the male and female did in a previous relationship, then they can control those memories of the past relationship. "You can control the memories of a previous relationship, if you work on them in your current relationship." --Henrik Ibsen Females can also dress up as males in order to do this.

7:00 - 8:00am
7:45am
1. For some reason, some people are different than other people.

6:00am - 7:00am
6:15am
1. Exercise for big people include walking, belly dancing and rhythmic movement.
6:30am
2. Children and adults can do gymnastics which include simple flips and rolls, the balance beam, etc.
3. I used to get scrapes on my hands and knees running and falling sometimes as a child.
6:45am
4. For brisk walking exercise, a person can pace their home a few times, or walk around their block or the area where they live a few times, and do this according to a regular schedule. A schedule of brisk walking or running can improve your breathing and overall health.

5:00am - 6:00am
5:00am
'Tis, Frank McCourt
13. "If she ever hears my troubles with the American corporate system she might shed a tear of pity for me..."
14. "He seems to be sober now and we order eggs and bacon at Wright's."
15. "So will you pay form my eggs because I have to save my money and go to Vermont and be nothing. And he walks out the door."
Chapter 23
17. He learned how to take the train to many popular known and little-known locations in the city.

4:00am - 5:00am
4:15am
'Tis, Frank McCourt
1. "Looking at Ellis Island and an old wooden ferry rotting between two buildings makes me think of all the people who passed here before me, before my father and mother, all the people escaping the Famine in Ireland, all the people from all over Europe landing here who might be sent back."
2. After visiting Ellis Island, felt sorry for the people from all over Europe, places like Czechoslovakia and Hungary, who were sent back to their country because they failed to meet certain standards in the United States.
3. In the warehouses where he worked, he had to learn how to operate a truck loading pallets with boxes and crates, and he also had to learn how to use the forklift.
4. "One of my jobs is to store bags of hot peppers off United Fruit ships. On a slow day it's a good place to bring in a beer, read the paper, take a nap and no one seems to mind."

4:45am
5. "Horace, the black man, sits on a bag of hot peppers and reads a paper from Jamaica or he reads a letter over and over from his son who is in university in Canada. When he reads that letter he slaps his thigh and laughs."
6. "The first time I ever heard him talk his accent sounded so Irish I asked him if he was from County Cork and he couldn't stop laughing. He said, All people from the islands have Irish blood, mon."
7. Sometimes, the whites were racist, and sometimes they weren't.
8. "He tells me I don't understand, that I'm young and I can't fight the black man's fight."
9. During this time in summer, the city was having a heat wave.
10. When he was at work in the warehouse, sometimes the men would laugh and say "we're the only workers who travel so fast from the North Pole to the equator and back."
11. "[When I was working at the warehouse,] I met a guy, Peter McNamee. He tells me I should be going to school...He says this is no job for the Irish. They come here and the next thing they're hacking and coughing up blood discovering they had TB all along, the curse of the Irish race but the last generation to be afflicted. It's Peter's job to report if anyone is hacking or coughing at work. Board of Health inspectors would close the place down in a minute and we'd be on the street looking for work."
12. "Peter tells me he's weary of the whole game himself. He couldn't get along with the cousin on Long Island and now he's back in another boarding house in the Bronx and it's the same old game, bring home the side of beef or any kind of meat on a Friday night and he gets the free lodging. His mother torments him with her letters. Why can't he find a nice girl and settle down and give her a grandson or is he waiting for her to sink into the grave? She nags him so much he doesn't want to read her letters anymore."

3:00am - 4:00am
I. 'Tis, Frank McCourt
1. Frank McCourt would sometimes ride the Staten Island Ferry or the train, and go out and explore the area. He did this regularly, and learned a lot about New York this way.
2. Cigarettes or cigars can mellow a person out, or slow them down a little bit.
3. The couple gave their parents a grandaughter, and the other members welcomed the new baby to the family.
4. He returns to the bar and when he starts talking about the way his mother nags him, he shifts from beer to whiskey.
5. Refers to Thomas Addie Emmet, brother of Robert who was hanged for Ireland.


Saturday, June 28, 2025 -- updated 8:30pm

8:00pm - 9:00pm
1. Sperm donation is a subject that I am capable of discussing. Contact me, and we'll talk - Torensg@gmail.com.

7:00pm - 8:00pm
1. Some people deliberately construct a language barrier between them and others, which can make communication difficult. --Rig Vedas
2. The man owned fine silk and satin fabric, or satins.
3. The man paced up and down his house when he was bored.
4. The man exercised from exercise videos.
5. During the summertime, many people enjoy eating from a basket of peaches.
6. Our lives can involve a great deal of patience, where we have to wait for a very long time, in order to get what we want. --Rig Vedas

3:00pm - 4:00pm
I. Easy Deviled Eggs
1. Boil the water.
2. Put in the eggs.
3. Take out the eggs.
4. Peel and slice the eggs in half.
5. Put the cooked egg yolks in a bowl.
6. Add mayonnaise, relish, and mustard.
7. Replace the cooked and seasoned egg yolks in cooked
8. How to make deviled eggs, in a WWW search should be helpful.

7:00pm - 8:00pm
1. In order to find happiness in relationships or in life, pursue different subjects or topics that you enjoy. --Sorrows, Johann Goethe
2. She forgave him, he forgave her, they moved on, found happiness, and lived happily ever after.
3. Since the Fourth of July is approaching, it is important to know that the Star Spangled Banner was composed to represent the experiences of soldiers during the War of 1812.
4. Brain surgery is not that bad, because we think through our eyes.

12:00am - 1:00am
The Rig Vedas
1. If you don't like your current psychiatrist, then as for a new and better psychiatrist.
2. What are the jobs of psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, etc., and are they doing their jobs as stated.
3. Some people are more animated, and some people are more inanimate.
4. Psychologists should have structured, logical methods for counseling and treating patients.
5. Unfortunately, the salaries of counselors, therapists, and mental health professionals is not high, so they have to struggle in life, like many other people.
6. There are sitting positions which are more appropriate for men, and more appropriate for women.
7. A psychologist and his patient can have a complicated discussion about the patient's case.
8. Hindu gods can be represented in comic books or movies.
9. The world might have been started by a god with a thousand eyes and a thousand mouths, who dissolved, or shed some of his skin, and then created the world.
10. Much of the knowledge about how the world began, was forgotten, or hidden.

11. Mental health services that are concerned with patients and their families should honestly work to benefit that patient and his family.
12. Psychiatrists and mental health workers should be professional, courteous, easy to get along with, and kind.
13. There may be a difference between the structure and principles of mental health agencies and the structure and principles of police and the military.
14. The Christian churches in America should all create one organization which represents all of the Christian churches in America.
15. A good psychiatrist is concerned with all dimensions of his patients life, and how they are connected to his mental illness.
16. Counseling should be a complex process, because people have complex lives.
17. ...psychiatrists should ask questions of their patients which are necessary and relevant to the treatment of their psycholigical disorder.
18. Some questions about the universe and questions about our lives, are mysterious and unknown.
19. Many of the Hindu gods were able to move across the universe, and perform incredible actions.
20. Horses were born from it, and those other animals that have two rows of teeth.

21. His mouth became the Brahmin; his arms were made into the Warrior, his thighs the mountains, and from his feet the lands were born.
22. The moon was born from his mind; from his eye the sun was born, and from his vital breath the Wind was born.
23. From his head the sky evolved. from his two feet came the earth, and the quarters of the sky from his breath. Thus they set the worlds in order.
24. Purusa, the Indian god, requires a great deal of food in order to survive.
25. Refers to the four classes, or varpas of classical Indian society.
26. The enclosing-sticks are green twigs that keep the fire from spreading.
27. Many times, with our psychologists, we are faced with a puzzle or a paradox, where we encounter unanswerable questions.
28. Mental health agencies and psychologists should not exploit, violate the rights of their patients, or be deceptive or dishonest.


Friday, June 27, 2025 -- updated 11:30pm

3:00pm - 4:00pm
1. Different kinds of cologne affect men differently: Brut and Old Spice cologne make people want to eat cream, chocolate cologne make people want to eat chocolate, etc.

2:00pm - 3:00pm
1. I use hot water from the faucet to make instant coffee. I also use a metal sink strainer and two cups, to strain the grounds from one cup to the next. These principles also apply to making hot tea.

1:00pm - 2:00pm
1. Dry sausage and Creamed corn - instructional image:
A. Image 1. Click here.
2. Book or movie idea about the time my cousin Junebug who got killed.

11:00am - 12:00pm
Selected Poems and Fragments, Friedrich Holderlin
1. No dwelling-place could be better. But I am bound for the Caucasus.
2. As Americans, we shouldn't quarrel with each other. We should be good to each other, and be kind to each other, as stated in religious scripture.

9:00am - 10:00am
1. Eyeliner is a way of drawing lines on your eyes. --The Arabian Nights
2. Night time delusions are one psychological problem that people can have.
3. Being out of touch with reality is one psychological problem that people can have.


Thursday, June 26, 2025 -- updated 7:00pm

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Laurel and Hardy
1. The man talks to himself, or has self-dialogue in the mirror.
2. The man sleeps in many different (strange) positions, which cause him to have difficulty waking up in the morning.
3. The man said, Enough partying, I want to be alone, I want peace and quiet for a while.
4. The man slept with three blankets, two layers of clothes, and a wool hat during summer. He also sometimes slept under the covers like a tent.

8:00am - 9:00am
1. With my female mates and children, we will need houses, food and stores to buy food and clothing, teachers, and entertainment -- an entire industry, which can benefit our lives as well as the lives of others.

7:00am - 8:00am
1. If you make instant coffee at home, and then put it in the refrigerator, then you'll have iced coffee.

6:00am - 7:00am
1. Dry sausage, the kind that hang in deli's, like Calabrese or Sopressato, can be sliced thinly and eaten on crackers with a little bit of mayonnaise, on the grass in a picnic, or just when you're at home with a friend.

4:00am - 5:00am
1. The actions that we make in our lives also impact other people, as well as the greater external world.

3:00am - 4:00am
1. There should be clear, expert evidence connecting the person to the crime that they're accused of. Based on this, and their moral character, they should either be punished or forgiven.


Wednesday, June 25, 2025 -- updated 10:45pm

10:00pm - 11:00pm
I. 1. Lawyers, judges, and businessmen should read the information contained on Book Reviews XI: The Holy Bible, The Dead Sea Scrolls & The Talmud, because much of it pertains to law.
II. The Upanishads, Penguin Classics
1. The American contacted his family in Germany, and talked with them regularly.
2. Material objects are visible, and words are invisible, but words have more value than objects.
3. --Is there anything higher than thought? --Meditation is in truth higher than thought. The earth seems to rest in silent meditation; and the waters and the mountains and the sky and the heavens seem all to be in meditation.
4. When a man has faith then he thinks. He who has not faith does not think: know the nature of faith.
5. Where there is creation there is progress. Where there is no creation there is no progress: know the nature of creation.
6. Where there is joy there is creation. Where there is no joy there is no creation: know the nature of joy.
7. But those who see not this become the servants of other masters and in the worlds that pass away attain not their liberation.
8. In the centre of the castle of Brahman, our own body, there is a small shrine in the form of a lotus-flower, and within can be found a small space. We should find who dwells there, and we should want to know him.
9. The little space within the heart is as great as this vast universe. The heavens and the earth are there, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars; fire and lighting and winds are there; and all that now is and all that is not: for the whole universe is in Him and He dwells within our heart.
10. The man went out in the cold and rain, and then got pneumonia and died.
11. Those who leave this world and have not found their soul, and that love which is Truth, find not their freedom in other worlds. But those who leave this world and have found their soul and that love which is Truth, for them there is the liberty of the Spirit, in this world and in the worlds to come.
12. There is a bridge between time and Eternity; and this bridge is Atman, the Spirit of man. Neither day nor night cross that bridge, nor old age, nor death nor sorrow.

9:00pm - 10:00pm
1. Women can use shave gel or shaving cream as regular gel or cream, like lotion, without having to shave first.
2. Information about cosmetics, or information about makeup, can be helpful www searches for women.

8:00pm - 9:00pm
Selected Poems and Fragments, Friedrich Holderlin
1. When his neighbors understood the man, they treated him better.
2. Make your weapons your words.
3. It was a region where, "alpine ranges of Switzerland cast their shade," and "the snowy summit drenches the earth with purest water."
4. The girl came from a traditional German family, and they were also friends with other Europeans in the nearby areas.
5. Not far from the Black Sea's beaches; and not for nothing that sea was called the hospitable.
6. For when they first exchanged glances, it was the others who first approached...

7:00am - 8:00am
1. Romantic Movie Role for Me: I think I would be a good lead actor/hero in a romantic movie with a female. The romantic movie is about our love, and as a couple, we go to museums, operas, parks, candlelight dinners, cook together, and we also talk about intellectual subjects. This romantic movie can also be based on popular romance novels.

6:00am - 7:00am
1. Men can just have sex for fun, for the fun of it, and they do not have to get mad if they cannot orgasm or climax. --Thucydides


Tuesday, June 24, 2025 -- updated 8:00pm

8:00pm - 9:00pm
1. Many people want to die at home, they don't want to die in a hospital. A hospital is just a home with several floors, a lot of rooms, and doctors anyway.
2. I won't care about my possessions once I'm dead, because they're just material objects, and when I'm dead, I won't be able to use them anyway.
3. Matzo crackers, Ritz crackers, or saltines, are a good snack.

7:00pm - 8:00pm
1. My Tattoos: Below my second rose tattoo, I want a Navy anchor tattoo, like Popeye the Sailor Man, an animated representation of the brave Italian man who grew up a brave boy, and then went to the service, embarked on many adventures, and eventually won victory in the end.
1-B. I want my Celtic cross tattoo colored in green, for the Irish culture. It is a tattoo, the Celtic cross, that the brave Celtic and Gaelic warriors, who comprised the original twelve tribes of Ireland, wore on their shields and weapons.
1-C. Above the Celtic cross tattoo, I want a Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse tattoo, after the original Irish characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse.
1-D. For the future, I may get a Four leaf clover tattoo, as well as a Blue Monarch butterfly tattoo, which I learned about watching Papillon, with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman, and film representation of a novel, Papillon, by Henri Charriere.
2. Cleaning your room - Growing up in the old neighborhood in Brooklyn, when me and my friends were in school, sometimes our parents would tell us to clean our rooms, do your homework, and be good boys. We tried cleaning our roomms, but they never got exactly clean, and they always got dirty after a day or so anyway; we tried doing our homework, but we still flunked the classes, so after a while we just said Screw this man, I tried as good as I could, and that's all I can do. This is like Oscar the Grouch, who always had a messy garbage can home, or Pigpen, the Schulz character who was always kind of dirty, but he was still a good kid overall.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
1. During the summertime, have fun and play your modern music loud (but not too loud), let people feel your music man!

2:00pm - 3:00pm
1. Polish Kielbasa directions: cut into small pieces, and then cook at 400°, for 10 minutes.

1:00pm - 2:00pm
1. Grandiose metaphors: the universe is like the spokes and the hub of a wheel, the universe is like a set of marbles, the universe is like a spinning top, etc. etc.
The Upanishads, Penguin Classics
1. When teaching, a master should treat his students kindly.
2. Then the Indra spoke: The breath of life is one, When we speak, life speaks. When we see, life sees. When we hear, life hears. When we think, life thinks. When we breathe, life breathes.
3. One lives without a right mind: we can see those who are mad. But it is the consciousness of life which becomes the breath of life and gives life to a body. The breath of life is the consciousness of life, and the consciousness of life is the breath of life.
4. When consciousness rules speech, with speech we can speak all words.
When consciousness rules breath, with inbreath we can smell all perfumes.
When consciousness rules the eye, with the eye we can see all forms.
When consciousness rules the ear, with the ear we can hear all sounds.
When consciousness rules the mind, with the mind we can think all thoughts.
It is not speech which we should want to know: we should know the speaker.
It is not things seen which we should want to know: we should know the seer.
It is not sounds which we should want to know: we should know the hearer.
It is not the mind which we should want to know: we should know the thinker.
5. I will speak words of truth and the words of the divine law shall be on my lips.
6. The value of some happy experiences are worth more than any amount of money.
7. ...enjoys all things he desires in communion with the all-knowing Brahman. From space came air. From air, fire. From fire, water. From water came solid earth. From earth came living plants. From plants food and seed; and from seed and food came a living being, man.
8. Who denies God, denies himself. Who affirms God, affirms himself. Joy comes from God. Who ocould live and who could breathe if the joy of Brahman filled not the universe.
9. If a man places a gulf between himself and God, this gulf will bring fear...Words and mind go to him, but reach him not and return. But he who knows Brahman, fears no more.
10. So Bhrigu went and practised tapas, spiritual prayer. Then he thought that Brahman was mind: for from mind all beings have come, by mind they all live, and unto mind they all return.
11. They thanked the man for helping them eat more food.
12. Wherefrom do all these worlds come? They come from space. All beings arise from space, and into space they return: space is indeed their beginning, and space is their final end.
13. Great is the Gayatri, the most sacred verse of the Vedas: but how much greater is the infinity of Brahman! A quarter of his being is this whole vast universe: the other three quarters are his heaven of Immortality.
14. Grandiose metaphors: the universe is like the spokes and hubs of a wheel, the universe is like a set of marbles, the universe is like a spinning top, etc. etc.
15. Some people think about highly unlikely events and experiences.
16. Some humans spend too much time thinking about bad subjects. They need to spend more time thinking about happy subjects.
17. Some humans enjoy flying around town going shopping regularly, and some humans just enjoy staying home most of the time, and this may be due to their differing physical states. The first group is more interested in materialism.
18. The stages of adulthood are: Early Adulthood (roughly 20s to mid-30s), Middle Adulthood (mid-30s to mid-60s), and Late Adulthood (mid-60s onwards).

12:00pm - 1:00pm

1. An inexpensive floor fan for the room is very useful for summertime.
2. When many of the Christian missionaries went to Africa during the 1st century AD, many of the African people did not have any concept of time or date, simply because they did not own or possess watches, clocks, or calendars. "What time is it? What day is it?" "We don't know, we don't have clocks or calendars here in our village in Africa."

11:00am - 12:00pm
1. The doctor said, "You look fat, overweight, so I'm going to put you on a diet to lose weight." Or, "You look too skinny, underweight, so I'm going to put you on an increased diet to make you gain weight." The doctor was able to visually identify medical problems with his patients, and then give them medical solutions for these problems.


Monday, June 23, 2025 -- updated 3:00pm

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Selected Poems and Fragments, Friedrich Holderlin
1. Amazement then took hold of the souls of all who were struck, and night obscured the eyes of the best men.
2. When I am alone, sometimes I speak to God.
3. True, like orphans almost we walk; though much is what it was, that tutelage now is lacking...
4. There was a family with a lot of brothers and sisters, and their parents bought them bunk beds for their room, and lots of food from the supermarket.

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Selected Poems and Fragments, Friedrich Holderlin
1. Humans sometimes center their own psychological problems around another person, or other people, when the original person is actually responsible for his or her own actions.
2. Humans sometimes try to find the full meaning of the events in their lives.
3. Parents are supposed to bond with their children.
4. Human sometimes make up psychological problems about themselves, which are really not true psychological problems that they have. --The Wolfman and Other Cases, Sigmund Freud
5. Birds and other wild animals can bathe in cool ponds, lakes or streams during the hot summertime.
6. Birds and other wild animals can roam across the land.

8:00am - 9:00am
I. 1. Promo picture, updated on Page 2: Favorite Notes & Food Ideas.
2. One of my goals in life is to have over 6,000 children with different females, and then we'll live happily ever after. I want to go on tour to each American city, to a hotel for 30 days in each American city, and get one female pregnant each day. I can also go overseas and tour Europe, Asia, and Africa, and get one female pregnant each day there as well. I learned that I do not have to get them pregnant through intercourse. That's 365 females pregnant each year, every year for the next 20 years. I think that this is a good idea.
II. Selected Poems and Fragments, Friedrich Holderlin:
Chapters:
1. Plea for Forgiveness
2. The Unpardonable
3. The Root of All Evil
4. The Course of Life
5. The Blind Singer - It is remarkable how blind musicians display such skills, gifts and talents for music.
6. Return to the Homeland
7. The Ages of Life
8. Some ideas take longer to express than other ideas, because some ideas are complex, in contrast to ideas that are simple that can be expressed quicker. --The Upanishads

7:00am - 8:00am
Selected Poems and Fragments, Friedrich Holderlin
1. Our lives involve general influences as well as more specific influences.
2. The couple wanted happiness in their relationship.
3. The man was fiercely warlike, and purely masculine.
4. The character possessed a great deal of originality and independence of thought.
5. Sometimes we get glimpses of the past, but these are only fragments and pieces, and we don't know the whole story about the realty of the past. This is a lot like trying to complete a jigsaw puzzle.
6. The man was quite able to speak for himself, if he chose to.
7. The man used his German ancestry as a major influence in the actions of his life.
8. The man's wife made him feel peaceful and calm.


Sunday, June 22, 2025 -- updated 9:30pm

9:00pm - 10:00pm
1. Burning opium incense is like Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem about going on an opium trip. Opium incense is sold in stores, and according to the Bible, it's acceptable to burn a small amount of incense in your home.

2:00pm - 3:00pm
1. Becoming a Muslim is a complex process that involves understanding of Islamic knowledge and principles.

1:00am - 2:00am
1. If you lie down with one or two pillows under your stomach, and focus on breathing calmly, then lying down on your stomach can be easier. This may apply to pregnant women also.

12:00am - 1:00am
1. Italian sausage or Curry chicken in a soft taco wrap with mayo tastes good.
2. If you have children and a family, then the government should give you more money for food and expenses.




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